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The full Topographic Map of Mercury with labeled features. The highest elevation on the planet is located just south of the equator, and about 2.5 miles above Mercury's average elevation. The lowest elevation, which is more than three miles below Mercury’s average, is found on the floor of Rachmaninoff basin, a basin suspected to host some of the most recent volcanic deposits on the planet.

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